HOW TO REMOVE STAMPS
Some stains cannot be removed by just washing in a
washing machine. Try to treat this before washing with
special detergents.
Wax stamps:
scrape the wax using a blunt point in
order not to damage the fabric. Then with the fabric
placed between two pieces of absorbent paper, run a
hot iron over the stain.
Lipstick
: stains on cotton or wool can be eliminated
using a cloth soaked in ether. Stains on silk require the
use of trichloroethylene.
Rust
: use products specially designed for rust stains,
following the manufacturer's instructions written on the
packet.
Grass
: delicately soap the stain, use diluted bleach.
Good results can be obtained on woollen fabrics using
90% alcohol.
Oil paint
: do not allow the paint to dry. Rub the area with
the solvent recommended by the paint manufacturer
(e.g. water, turps, trichloroethylene), apply soap and
then rinse.
Blood
: put into soak in cold water with added salt, then
wash with washing soap. The dried up stains soak for
the night with special detergent then prewash in a soap
solution.
Damp and mould
: if the fabric supports the use of
bleach a
.
Red wine
: rinse with a detergent soak, for the stains
use vinegar or citric acid then rinse. For the remaining
stains use a bleach additive.
Ink
: according to the kind of ink moisten the stain with
acetone, then with citric acid; for the remaining stains
on the white materials use bleach additives and rinse
carefully.
Tar
: spread some stain remover over the stain, allow to
stand and then wash with oil of turpentine. Do not use
acetone to clean the synthetic silk items.
nd carefully rinse
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